Garrett Grove (b. 1982, Ventura, CA) is a photographer based in Port Angeles, WA. He earned his MFA in photography from the University of Hartford in 2017 and a BA from Western Washington University in 2005. Grove's photographs have been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally, most recently at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photo Center in Budapest, Hungary, and at Aperture Gallery in New York City. His first monograph, Errors of Possession, was published by Trespasser Books in the fall of 2019.
MFA, Photography, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA, 2017
BA, Humanities & Social Sciences, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA, 2005
BOOKS
Errors of Possession, curated by Myles Haselhorst, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR, USA, 2020
Emerging Photography Awards, Feature Shoot, curated by Alison Zavos, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 2020
Currents Shift, curated by Jon Uriarte, Procur.arte, Lisboa, Portugal, 2019
Zeitgeist, curated by Emese Mucsi, Parallel Platform, Robert Capa Contemporary Photo Center, Budapest, Hungary, 2019
Profound Movement, curated by Shane Lavalette, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, USA, 2019
Beyond Boundaries, LensCulture, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 2019
Forever/Now, Format Festival, Quad Gallery, Derby, UK, 2019
Between the Hedgerow, curated by Kory Kingsley and Collin Richard, Here/There Gallery, Portland, OR, USA, 2019
Currents Shift, curated by Jon Uriarte, Parallel Platform, Le Château d'Eau, Toulouse, France, 2019
Stories We Tell Ourselves, curated by Ashlyn Davis, Green Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA, USA, 2019
AWARDS & HONORS
Urbanautica, Sacred. The Experience of Beyond, Portfolio Winner, 2020
Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards, Selected Artist, 2020
Lucie Foundation, Fine Art Scholarship, Shortlist, 2019
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson Award, Nominee, 2019
PARALLEL - European Based Platform, 2nd Cycle (2018-19), Selected Artist, 2019
Format19, Forever/Now Exhibition, Selected Artist, 2019
Lucie Foundation, Photo Made Scholarship, Shortlist, 2018
CENTER Santa Fe, Selected Artist, 2018
Palm, Photo Prize, Finalist, 2018
LensCulture, Art Photography Awards, Finalist, 2018
Photolucida, Critical Mass, Finalist, 2018
University of Hartford, Merit Scholarship, 2016
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Collector Daily, 'Tracking at Janet Borden', Loring Knoblauch, 2021
British Journal of Photography, 'Garrett Grove's Ambiguous Outlook on America's Cultural Tensions', Flossie Skelton, 2021
The New Yorker, 'From the Archives: The Lottery', Shirley Jackson, 2020
Collector Daily, 'Garrett Grove, Errors of Possession', Blake Andrews, 2020
Urbanautica, 'The Edge of Some Dream', Steve Bisson, 2020
Phases Magazine, 'Errors of Possession', Yorgos Yatromanolakis, 2020
Washington Post, 'This photographer hopes his work ‘offers a new way of looking at and thinking about the American Dream’, Kenneth Dickerman, 2020
Artsy, '5 Celebrated Photographers Share Their Favorite Photo Books', Jacqui Palumbo, 2020
Feature Shoot, 'Announcing the Winners of the Emerging Photography Awards', Ellyn Kail, 2020
Aperture, 'Aperture's Best Photography Features of 2019', 2019
PHMuseum, 'A Multi-Layered Depiction of United States' Rural Northwest', Laurence Cornet, 2019
Booooooom, '64 by 64: Favorite Photos Found in 2019', Jeff Hamada, 2019
American Suburb X, '2019: A Short Guide To White People & Their Photography Books', Brad Feuerhelm, 2019
Deadbeat Club, 'Photobooks of Note 2019 - Brad Feuerhelm: Errors of Possession', 2019
Photobook Store Magazine, 'Best Photobooks of 2019: Errors of Possession', Todd Hido, 2019
Aperture, 'Introducing: Garrett Grove', Cassidy Paul, 2019
Eugene Weekly, 'Completing the Triangle, Best Photobooks of 2019', Todd Cooper, 2019
Photobook Store Magazine, 'Best Photobooks of 2019: Errors of Possession', Mark Power, 2019
PHMuseum, 'Best Photobooks of 2019: Errors of Possession', Rocco Venezia, 2019
Palm*, 'Feature: Errors of Possession', Lola Paproka, 2019
Photo-eye, 'Book of the Week: Errors of Possession', Forrest Soper, 2019
Booooooom, 'Errors of Possession, Editors Pick', Jeff Hamada, 2019
Artsy, 'Garrett Grove: The Edge of Some Dream, Currents Shift at Château d'Eau', 2019
The Heavy Collective, 'Errors of Possession', Jack Harries, 2019
Der Grief, 'Guest Room, Curated by John Fleetwood', Group Exhibition, 2019
Fisheye Magazine, 'Errors of Possession', Photobook Vol. 3, Anaïs Viand, 2019, p.150-151
CMC Magazine, 'Western Promises', The Future Issue, Lisa Richardson, 2019, p. 80-86
NECK, 'Errors of Possession', Volume II, Ryan Paradisio, 2019, p. 179-189
GUP Magazine, 'Errors of Possession', Jorre Both, 2019
Humble Arts Foundation, 'Winter Pictures, Curated by Andy Adams and Jon Feinstein', Group Exhibition, 2019
Ignant, 'Garrett Grove Photographs American Identity & Anxiety in the Trump Era', Stephanie Wade, 2019
Aint-Bad, 'Errors of Possession', Jenniver Trail Timmer, 2019
Booooooom, 'Favorite Photos Found in 2018', Jeff Hamada, 2019
It's Nice That, 'Garrett Grove Documents and Reflects a Confused American Identity', Ruby Boddington, 2018
Paper Journal, 'Errors of Possession', Patricia Karallis, 2018
A New Nothing, 'A Conversation with Kevin Kunstadt', Ben Alper & Nat Ward, 2018
Urbanautica, 'Errors of Possession', Steve Bisson, 2018
Bloom Publishing, Volume II, Lloyd Stubber & Rachel Johnson, 2018, p. 43-44
Lenscratch, 'The 2018 Road Trip Exhibition, Curated by Shawn Bush', Group Exhibition, 2018
The Heavy Collective, 'Q&A: Errors of Possession', Jack Harries, 2018
Booooooom, 'Errors of Possession', Jeff Hamada, 2018
Palm*, 'Photo Prize 2018 Winners', Group Exhibition, 2018
The Ones We Love, 'Portraits, Curated by Lindley Warren Mickunas', Group Exhibition, 2018
Humble Arts Foundation, 'New Psychedelics, curated by Roula Seikaly and Jon Feinstein', Group Exhibition, 2018
Fisheye, 'Errors of Possession', Anais Viand, 2018
Humble Arts Foundation, ‘13, Exhibition Review’, Romke Hoogwaerts, 2017